Introducing the LaunchBay MCP Connector: Your AI-Powered Project Manager

Our team has been there before.

You're growing fast, and trying to scale client onboarding, implementation, and delivery at the same time. But things keep breaking. You need to know which projects are on track, which ones are falling behind, what needs follow-up, and most importantly, what's blocking clients from seeing the real value of what you deliver.

The problem is, getting that picture usually means one of two things: constantly pulling your team for updates, or hiring more people just to manage the managing.

That's not a scalable answer. And it's not what your team is there for.

Meet Your New AI Project Manager‍

The new LaunchBay MCP connector is one of the most requested features we've ever shipped, and one we wanted just as badly ourselves. It lets you connect LaunchBay to the AI tools you're already using, like Claude and ChatGPT, so you can get the insights you need and give your team back the time they've been spending on follow-ups, status checks, and chasing clients for approvals.

Note: The LaunchBay MCP connector is available now in early access for all premium plan subscribers. If you're on a premium plan and don't have access yet, email us at hello@launchbay.com and we'll get you set up.

What Is the LaunchBay MCP Connector?

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It's an open standard that lets AI assistants connect directly to external tools and take action inside them.

The LaunchBay MCP connector gives AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT direct access to your LaunchBay account. That means your AI can find projects, check task statuses, create new work, send client reminders, and more without you touching the dashboard at all.

It's the difference between an AI that tells you what to do and one that actually does it.

Why We Built It

Your client data, project status, and communication history already live in LaunchBay. The problem has always been the gap between that information existing and someone actually doing something with it. Reviewing it takes time. Acting on it takes more. And the people doing that work are usually the same people you need focused on delivery.

We built the MCP connector to close that gap. Your AI handles the monitoring, the follow-ups, and the status updates. Your team handles the work that actually moves the needle.

How It Works

Once you connect LaunchBay to your AI assistant, it has access to your projects, tasks, and clients in real time. You interact with it the same way you'd talk to a team member.

You can ask it for a status report, tell it to send a client reminder, or have it create a task in a specific project. It handles the action. You stay focused on the work.

Setting it up takes less than five minutes.

In Claude or ChatGPT, add a custom MCP connection using this URL:

https://app.launchbay.com/mcp/launchbay

For step-by-step setup instructions, visit our Knowledge Base:

• How to connect LaunchBay to Claude
• How to connect LaunchBay to ChatGPT
• MCP Connector Overview + other supported tools

What You Can Do With LaunchBay's MCP Connector

Virtually anything you can do in LaunchBay, you can now do from an AI chat. Here are some of the highest-impact ways teams are already putting it to work.

Get an instant status report on anything.

Instead of opening LaunchBay and clicking through projects to figure out what's overdue, just ask. "What tasks are overdue across all my active projects?" Your AI pulls a full report in seconds. No dashboard digging, no tab switching. You always know exactly where things stand.

Stop chasing clients manually.

Following up on the same tasks over and over is one of the biggest time drains in client work. With the MCP connector, you can say "Send reminders to every client with an overdue task this week" and it's done. Your AI fires the nudges, you stay focused on billable work.

Spin up client tasks without opening the app.

New client just signed? Create onboarding tasks, assign them to the right project, and get things moving without leaving your chat. "Create a task in the Johnson project asking them to upload their signed agreement." Done.

Pull up any client or company detail instantly.

Your LaunchBay CRM is only useful if you can get to the right information fast. With the MCP connector, you don't have to go looking for it. Ask your AI to pull up a client's contact details, find all projects tied to a specific company, or look up every client in a particular industry. It surfaces what you need in seconds so you can take action right away, whether that's reaching out, assigning them to a task, or getting context before a call.

Respond to client comments without breaking your flow.

Client communication piles up fast across active projects. With the MCP connector, your AI can pull comments across tasks and projects, and you can respond to them in bulk without logging in. Clear a backlog of client updates in minutes, from inside the same chat where you're doing everything else.

A full-time PM that keeps every project from falling behind.

This is where the MCP connector changes how you run your business. Connect LaunchBay to your AI assistant and you have something running in the background around the clock: validating that client forms and contracts are complete as they come in, spotting which projects are at risk before they fall behind, and identifying exactly who is holding things up. Instead of reacting to problems after the fact, you get ahead of them.

Get Started

The LaunchBay MCP connector is available now in early access for all premium plan subscribers. If you're on a premium plan and don't have access yet, email hello@launchbay.com and we'll enable it on your account.

Connect it in Claude or ChatGPT using:

https://app.launchbay.com/mcp/launchbay

Full setup guide →